(photo Sami Perttilä)SO III is a trio from Finland whose music combines free improvisation with new compositions and a knowledge of traditional music. The combination of five-string fiddle, voice, percussion and electronically manipulated sounds creates a web ofinterlocking soundscapes that alternate between rich and fragile.

(photo Ilkka Saastamoinen)Soundpainting is the universal multidisciplinary live composing sign languagecreated by composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, actors,and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation.